1. Could they please provide a checklist of the DC Comics Beanz...I don't understand how the "not knowing" who is in the assortment makes it less desirable, if anything, if I knew my favorite character was in an assortment, I'd buy more.

2. Why are the Marvel Comics Beanz clearly in an "animated" style whereas the DC Comics Beanz are a more comic accurate style.

3. Are the DC Comics Beanz selling well enough to launch a "wave 2"?

4. Would they consider doing any exclusive products for an event like SDCC or NYCC?

Target's reset includes Cars 2 Beanz. FYI for those that are interested.

As for questions...

*What exactly is the purpose of creating Rare, Uncommon, Common Beanz for a licensed property? Especially if those properties are released in a set packout instead of randomly packed blisters? The absurd amount of repeat Beanz in the first 12 blisters released is enough to turn away customers rather than entice them to buy more.

I can understand R/U/C Beanz being created and randomly packed out in a unique IP, but it just seems counter productive in the case of Star Wars, Marvel, DC, and other licensed properties.

*When will you be updating the website to include the DC Beanz as well as the new Cars 2 Beanz?

*Can we expect to see "character tin" collector cases or some other specialized item for the DC Beanz?

What exactly is the purpose of creating Rare, Uncommon, Common Beanz for a licensed property? Especially if those properties are released in a set packout instead of randomly packed blisters? The absurd amount of repeat Beanz in the first 12 blisters released is enough to turn away customers rather than entice them to buy more.

I think creating rare "chase" Beanz, whichever way they do it, is actually very enticing to everyone. Everyone can appreciate rareness. In fact, it is the only reason I'm really interested in the line.

As for repeat Beanz I think customers like them, because often people have more than one kid, so now they can give one of each Bean (except the rare ones of course) to all their children. Furthermore this is a toy that kids like to battle each other and trade with much like marbles. In this respect the repeats help.

You and I are on the farthest possible points of collectordom from eachother.

Artificially manufactured "Rareness" does not create desire. Its a huge deterrent from buying a line.

The other problem with your example is that the "rare" Beanz in a licensed property aren't "chase" items. I understand the "chase" beanz in their own unique creations, great idea to go with the RANDOM PACKOUTS. But with the licensced Beanz, they are buying a franchise lineup, a lineup that would need to be agreed upon by the licensor (WB/DC in this case) BEFORE production. By manufacturing an artificial rareness, they are effectively cutting short the license they have paid good money to have. And they are turning off customers from buying one line which will trickle into buying any of their other lines. I, for one, will not buy into SW, Marvel, or the new Cars 2 line because of the pattern that is established for packing out the beanz. If it were random or more even mixed, I would absolutely cross-over, as its set up now, they'll never get anymore of my money.

Next ...I know of several families that have multiple children and not one of them is ever happy buying a package of some toy and getting multiples of the same toy in the box regardless of how many children they have. If they want or need duplicates, they CHOOSE to do so. Having it forced upon you is not a good or beneficial decision by the manufacturer. Again, it is a deterrent for repeat business, not an incentive.

I'll even argue against you that "having a bunch of doubles helps with trading". How is it possible for little Timmy to trade Beanz with neighbor Jimmy when they both have all the same duplicates? Since the licensed Beanz aren't packaged randomly, each pack's lineup is established and set prior to production's end, you are guaranteed that anyone who buys into the line will continue to get the same beanz as everyone else. (in the Beanz unique creations, sure, dupes would be great for trading since those packs are RANDOM and you can't guarantee you will ever get a certain mix in any given packout).

Sorry James, you're arguments just don't hold up to me. Like I said, definitely opposite ends of the spectrum here.

Id have questions-- however they probably would all seem too negative and attacking if they were in an interview... Maybe you can phrase them differently-- but I have questions about how they run their buisness model differently for a licensed product..

Why do an exclusive clone wars run of one different bean per pack for just wal mart, and then doing the same thing again for Target/TRU-- except repeating some of the same clone wars beans-- for example in the recent "case assortment' there were 6 new packs with the CW sticker for the first time-- when all 6 packs were purchased- it resulted in only 4 new beanz--if you have been collecting- to be honest this has turned me off from collecting these any further-- How can you justify this as a smart business practice-- especially since in the SW insider- you claimed to have 180 beanz planned and yet still havent released everything through the first 60? I mean by the end of the line- will you have expected every person to pay on average more than a per pack price (counting excluisves) for every bean-- because to be honest if you have been collecting this line, you are almost at this total-- and with the recent clone wars fiasco I asked my self why?

The recent online only deal for the 5 droid beanz, collector case and track, was ended within 2 month into the original release (despite the fact that the ad was still up on your website a good 3 months after the offer ended.)-- and by the way is still featured on the video on your site...Thats fine as you wanted to earn early collectors-- however - its been almost a year and they still havent shipped the kits-- if the delay was going to be that long- why not keep the offer going (especially since early releases of this pack are going for over 250.00 for the 5 on ebay?- once again it really turns people off of your products.

And as stated above-- if you arent going to keep the packs at complete random (with your rarities)- why not actually let people get the full set by buying packs-- you already provide unique UPC codes for each pack-- you havent made these collectible or tradeable-- its a shady business practice to just shuffle the bean in front and not the contents-- you arent making them collectible- your making me waste my money..

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We know Red Tornado, Batman and Scarecrow are all coming as they are featured on the box...so, I would guess we probably have 2 more releases before we see all 54 Beanz. There are plenty of heavy hitters missing: The 3 I already mentioned...plus Firestorm, Zatanna, Atom, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern-Hal/John/Kyle/Guy/Alan, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Jay Garrick, Huntress, Ivy, Harley, Vixen, Darkseid, Luthor, Robin, Kid Flash, Starfire, Donna Troy, Beast Boy, Dr Fate, Spectre, Etrigan, Blue Beetle, Supergirl, Batgirl and quite a few others...so hopefully a second wave is being planned.